Mysterious California landslide: Public warned to stay away from warped road
A road in Santa Clarita, California, turned into an asphalt mess in just three days, and no one knows exactly why. What started off as a small ripple on Vasquez Canyon Road soon turned into a scene from a post-apocalyptic blockbuster: the asphalt torn, utility poles dangerously tilted. Local authorities were quick to close the road on […]
With climate at ‘breaking point’, leaders urge breakthrough in Paris
By Bruce Wallace and Alister Doyle PARIS (Reuters) – World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back rising temperatures, with the United States and China leading calls for the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming. In a series of opening addresses to the […]
El Niño strengthening, will be among biggest on record: WMO
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The El Niño weather pattern, a phenomenon associated with extreme droughts, storms and floods, is expected to strengthen before the end of the year and become one of the strongest on record, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said this El Niño was […]
If you have the right to work, you have the right to rest, Pope says
Vatican City, Nov 7, 2015 / 09:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The dignity of workers was at the center of an address by Pope Francis on Saturday, during which the pontiff reflected on the connection between the right to employment and the right to leisure. This “right to rest,” Pope Francis said, above all, refers to […]
11 Trillion Gallons of Water Fell in the Carolinas during One Stormy Week
North and South Carolina experienced a week of unrelenting heavy rain that dumped roughly 11 trillion gallons of water on those two states causing catastrophic flooding and more than 12 deaths. That much water is enough to end the drought in California, according to NASA calculations last December. But instead, the rain drenched the Carolinas. […]
Ben Carson to Run for President
Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who became a leading conservative voice, told a Florida TV station that he will officially join the 2016 Republican presidential race Monday. Carson shared his decision with WPEC-TV, the CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., in an exclusive interview on Sunday. Read full article here
Blood of martyrs will bring new ecumenical era, says Francis
Divided Christians honour the sacrifice of their martyrs when they try to live according to the Gospel and work together to share the Gospel, Pope Francis has said. The witness of modern martyrs, “victims of persecution and violence simply because of the faith they profess”, is a bond among Christians that is stronger than anything […]
Meeting 200 Pentecostals, pope renews friendship, talks unity
His voice breaking with emotion, Giovanni Traettino, a Pentecostal pastor in southern Italy and longtime friend of Pope Francis, welcomed the pope, “my beloved brother,” to his partially built church in Caserta. Pope Francis said he knows some people were shocked that he would make a special trip outside of Rome to visit a group […]